{"product_id":"who-cares-paperback","title":"Who Cares? - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eMakes the case with passion, spirit and humor, for the full personhood of the elderly and disabled\u003c\/strong\u003e.\" Sara Bolder, Co-Producer of the Oscar-nominated documentary 'Crip Camp'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eWho Cares?\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of a lively place where old people go to die. Set in Michigan in 1960, the Woodruff Home for the Aged is a public facility for the indigent elderly. When a sinking economy prompts city officials to consider a private developer's proposal to convert the home into a pricey retirement residence, panic sets in. The residents fear displacement; the staff fear unemployment.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the clock ticks, the novel follows the city's contentious deliberations, the outlandish efforts to derail the sale, and the complex web of intimacy and intrigue among its characters: Miss Mamie Martine, a feisty octogenarian with an encyclopedic knowledge of film, and her rival, Mr. J. T. Hillenbrand, a once-wealthy nonagenarian ruined by the Depression; Jilly Duprey, Hillenbrand's biracial great-granddaughter locked in a power struggle with city manager Hugh Pepper; Laurel Robbins, the home's idealistic director, and Rupert Boyle, the well-meaning custodian who resists her reforms; and Mamie's nephew Simon Walpole, an amateur sleuth digging up dirt on Franklin Savoy, the home's shady would-be buyer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIs the title a cynical shrug-or a plea for dignity? As brisk and surprising as a spry senior citizen, \u003cem\u003eWho Cares? \u003c\/em\u003ewill make you laugh, cry, and think twice about the value of a life well lived.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50102475915487,"sku":"9783988322364","price":25.9,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/sFdYcO5gyR9783988322364.webp?v=1781083326","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/who-cares-paperback","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}